From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE941139A8D for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11D3D141F9; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BF451412D for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:32:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZKt6-0002M7-1s for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:32:48 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:32:48 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:32:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: new computer : any advice ? Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20150907195624.GC1081@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1) X-Archives-Salt: 22bcf36d-8ca5-471c-bab1-af6b9b43a006 X-Archives-Hash: 5a6377e7aadd55c3215484c4c51ae56b Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: > Since my AMD machines have been more successful than the Intels, > I intend to use an AMD CPU again & anyway they seem to be > cheaper & faster. Gigabyte mobos are cheaper & it has been good in ANB4. I built some FX-8350 system on Gigabyte mobo (990-FXA) sata 3 and they are just wonderful. I did put water coolers and a radiator on them to keep the CPUs super cool. I have not over clocked them (yet) but it is all set up. Folks often overclock these rigs at 5 or 6 GHz, from what I read. 32 gig of ram is sweet on these systems, at a very attractive price point. I opted for max ram, vs a SSD. ymmv. > I am a bit shocked at the big increase in price > for a smaller increase in overall performance, > but I can afford the parts as described ; prices in CAD, of course. Check the newegg pricing as a reference. Video:: AMD/ATI has a new smoking video card out that is tops in memory bandwidth. Consider the fact that GCC-5.2+ allows one to compile and use the processor and memory resources of the hi end video card (nvidia, intel, amd and other in this open standard); I give some deep thought into putting those discretionary funds into an advanced video card [1]. For sure this is still in the developmental stages, but tons of ddr5 memory added to the system resources is going to be a game changer once things stabilize. So I'm not really pushing any sort of hardware. But things are changing with gcc-5.x so unless you are running big database/web sorts of codes, a smaller amount of faster memory might just be the best performance/cost. Max out the mobo ram first, with the fastest memory it can handle. ymmv. hth, James [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125797.